Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Alternative combination: Phascogale longicaudata

Synonyms: Phascogale maxima Stein 1932, Phascogale murex Thomas 1913, Phascogale murex aspera Thomas 1913

Belongs to Murexia according to P. A. Woolley et al. 2020

See also Krajewski et al. 1992 and Van Dyck 2002

Sister taxa: Murexia habbema, Murexia melanurus, Murexia naso, Murexia rothschildi

Type specimens:

• Murexia longicaudata: RMNH 35135, an other (subadult male skin and skull)
• Phascogale maxima: ZM 44228, an other (very large adult male puppet skin and skull).
• Phascogale murex: BMNH 12.2.4.1, an other (adult male puppet skin and skull).
• Phascogale murex aspera: BMNH 13.6.18.90, an other (adult female puppet skin and skull).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Murexia longicaudata in the database

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